A white jade ‘Boy and elephant’ group. Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century - Sothebys 

the animal carved standing foursquare, its head turned back and its trunk curled between its tusks, caparisoned with a long tasselled saddle rug woven with clouds and a crane, the back surmounted by two boys holding a brush crouching over a basin with water gushing down the side, another small boy attending at the front carrying a vase with a halberd and a qing, the stone of a translucent white tone with russet-brown veining; 15.5cm., 6 1/8 in. Estimation: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP

PROVENANCE: A Danish Private Collection.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. London | 15 mai 2013 www.sothebys.com